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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Three or more weeks ago, I was on the hunt for a vinyl shop to create my logo for a cup I had purchased for Polish Con. I asked in an indie polish group for recommendations, and several people shared their favorites with me. A few days later, I did some research to see whether they had the colors I wanted and if they did custom work. I had landed on a couple and needed to make a decision. I stepped away from it for a week or so to think about it. I had made a decision finally, and logged into facebook one more time to check the thread in case there were any new links. Then I checked my messages, and noticed that there was one pending in the 'other' folder.

Lelia had sent a sweet message to me offering to make a custom vinyl for me at no charge. What a kind and sweet thing to do! We spoke briefly, I sent her some images and in a day or two, and the package arrived. She had sent not one, but two of them! (the one not pictured here is already on my cup in the other photos)

She asked to see a photo after I applied one to my cup, and I thought I'd do one better and write a review for this sweet gift. :)
The application was super easy too. I asked Jas to help hold the cup steady, then I lined up the vinyl and stuck it down. Burnishing it with a gift card was fun, reminiscent of the scraping when doing a stamping polish mani!

I took a few photos from different angles of my new shiny holo cup. What do you think?

I can see how these custom vinyls from Green Goddess Creations could easily become an obsession of mine. They're super fun and can add a personalized touch to anything imaginable!

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Are you a hero or a villain? is the theme for the Awesome Sauce Box this round and I'm happy to be able to review it for you! The box comes with five polishes, a matte topcoat mini from Ever After, a cuticle oil from Anonymous Lacquer, heart shaped soap from Parrot Polish, and a Moyou London stamping plate and nail file from Beautometry.

Parrot Polish Magneto
Magneto throughout the years had many costumes. Most were black to purple pink. Always deep and rich colors to show his villainous evil side. (magnetic polish)

I used a China Glaze star magnet over this and while I can see the design in person, it did not translate on camera very well. The polish dries fairly quick, so take care to magnetize after each nail. Formula was smooth and easy to apply, though I think the brushes are slightly long for the bottle, mine was bowed a wee bit.

Takko Cruella
A gorgeous top coat loaded with gold flakes and white and black matte speckles inspired by Cruella DeVille